Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
36. Fisher associates all of the following positive communication behaviors with emergent leadership, except ______.
A. being verbally involved
B. establishing roles
C. seeking others’ opinions
D. initiating new ideas
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
37. You are told you need to work weekends. Your supervisor gives you a pay raise in return. What type of power is your supervisor using?
A. referent
B. expert
C. legitimate
D. reward
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
38. Leadership is a phenomenon that takes place in the context of the interaction between leaders and followers. This viewpoint would suggest leadership is accessible by all ______.
A. reward
B. referent
C. process
D. trait
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
39. You really enjoy working for your boss and look up to her or him as a role model. You are more than willing to work hard for the organization because of your relationship with your boss. This is an example of ______.
A. legitimate power
B. coercive power
C. position power
D. personal power
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
40. On the way to track practice you get pulled over for speeding. When you arrive to practice late, the coach makes you run laps. This is an example of ______.
A. legitimate power
B. coercive power
C. expert power
D. personal power
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
41. Often leadership occurs within a context where one individual influences a group of others to accomplish goals. Which best describes this component of leadership?
A. Leadership occurs in groups.
B. Leadership involves influence.
C. Leadership includes organizations.
D. Leadership includes attention to common goals.
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
42. Watson and Hoffman's study on leadership emergence with regard to gender-biased perceptions would suggest ______.
A. influential women were rated the same as men in terms of leadership
B. women are much more likeable than men
C. emergence in leadership has little to do with gender bias
D. there continue to be barriers to women's emergence as leaders in some settings
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
43. Kotter suggested that management produces ______ and ______.
A. change and structure
B. vision and order
C. order and consistency
D. change and movement
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
44. You are trying to explain to your friend the difference between managers and leaders. You would be most accurate in saying ______.
A. leaders and managers cannot coexist in an organization
B. leaders make more money than managers
C. managers maintain order and leaders seek change
D. managers have more referent power than leaders
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
45. In which way will leadership and power be approached in upcoming chapters?
A. as a form of coercion
B. as positional power
C. from the perspective of the follower
D. as a relational concern for both leaders and followers
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
46. Understanding the nature of leadership has proved to be quite the challenge for practitioners and researchers because ______.
A. its appeal is limited to academics and scholars
B. very little research has been done
C. it has not received much attention